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Articles: 4,8,16,17,18,19,23

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- in accordance with Article 4 of the Convention, letters of request to be executed under Chapter I of the Convention must be in the Ukrainian language or be accompanied by a translation into the Ukrainian language;
- in accordance with Article 8 of the Convention, members of the judicial personnel of the requesting authority of another Contracting Party may be present at the execution of a letter of request, if the possibility of such presence is confirmed by the consent of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine;
- in accordance with Article 23 of the Convention, Ukraine will not execute letters of request issued for the purpose of obtaining pre-trial discovery of documents as known in common law countries.

In accordance with Article 33 of the Convention, Ukraine makes the following reservations:

- Ukraine excludes, in whole, the application of the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the Convention;
- Ukraine excludes the application within its territory of the provisions of Chapter II of the Convention, except for Articles 15, 20, 21 and 22.